Archive for the ‘Bargains’ Category

Bargain shopping without the mobs — even now

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Some of my wife's Facebook friends posted some pictures the bumper-to-bumper traffic into the local mall / retail area today.  It's definitely not the best time to run in and out of stores for a few things, being a week before Christmas and all that. So we stopped at our local ...

A $75 fire service subscription fee is a bargain

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Seriously.  If you have to subscribe to your fire department, there really is no reason not to. This method of paying for fire service in advance -- a bit like paying Triple A for their services -- has gotten recent national attention due to the aftermath of the dark side of ...

Want to start up a blog? Do it today and save on hosting

Friday, November 25th, 2011

I've talked about investing in yourself in the past, and one great way to do this is to start a blog (like this one).  Regardless of what interests you, if other people are interested in the same thing, you'll find an audience, and that audience can help you to build up ...

A Black Friday special — on loans?!

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

I have to hand it to my credit union.  Their marketing is pretty good!  They advertised an unsecured loan special, good through today, at rates starting at 7.5% for up to 12 months for amounts between $500 and $2,500.  It ends today presumably so that people can have the money ...